The Atlantic | Even Israel's Best Friends Understand That It Is Disconnecting From Reality The Atlantic More proof, if more proof were needed, that there is a crisis in U.S.-Israel relations, and that the crisis goes deeper than simply the dysfunctional personal relationship between Prime Minister Netanyahu's government and the Obama administration (or ... More to the US-Israel Spat Than Meets the Eye Israel's Netanyahu fumes at reported US slur Obama Belittles Israel |
Friction Grows Between Israel and Jordan Over Revered Location New York Times JERUSALEM — As Israel and Jordan neared the final stage of negotiations over their peace treaty, King Hussein of Jordan requested what Efraim Halevy, envoy for the Israeli prime minister, thought would be a deal killer: a clause giving Jordan a role ... |
CNN | Israel Reopens Holy Site, but Unrest Spreads Wall Street Journal TEL AVIV—Israel reopened Jerusalem's Temple Mount complex for Friday Muslim prayer services one day after closing it for the first time in 14 years, but unrest spread in Palestinian parts of Jerusalem, as youths threw rocks, blocked roadways and shot ... Israel partially reopens access to Temple Mount Israel to Reopen Contested Holy Site in Jerusalem Israel reopens Al-Aqsa amid intense security |
Haaretz | Israel to shut Gaza border crossings in wake of cross-border projectile fire Haaretz The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system identified a projectile being fired from the strip toward Israel overnight Friday. It was not immediately clear whether the projectile was a rocket or mortar shell. No rocket alarms were sounded nor was any ... For Palestinians, A Bridge-Building Bus Trip To Israel Turns Sour UNHRC to Israel: Probe Gaza, start working on settler evacuations Israel closes two Gaza crossings without mentioning any reason |
The Day Israel Attacked America Aljazeera.com In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean. Israeli ... |
CBC.ca | Israel reopens Jerusalem holy site CBC.ca Israel reopened a contested Jerusalem holy site on Friday and deployed more than 1,000 security personnel following clashes the previous day between Palestinians and Israeli riot police that had ratcheted up already heightened tensions in the city. |
EU tantrums hurt Palestinians more than Israel Jerusalem Post The decision, as tedious as it may sound, is the ongoing outworking of the EU's new commitment not to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territory. This is the same motive that governed the EU guidelines issued last June on Israel's ... |
Obama's disdain for Israel remains Washington Post (blog) The flap over an Obama administration official's obscene reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not going away, especially given the administration's total lack of interest in identifying the senior official who spoke in that manner ... |
RT | '360-degree range': Israel develops maritime 'Iron Dome' missile defense system RT The architect of the new program, Rafael, an Israeli state owned defense contractor, is looking to find buyers for its new sea-based missile system. They believe it could be especially effective in trying to defend and protect economic assets at sea ... Israel unveils maritime version of Iron Dome Israel develops a maritime 'Iron Dome' Israel presents maritime version of 'Iron Dome' |
Obama's Unprecedented Attack on Israel TIME This week, the world was treated to yet another embarrassing display of the Obama administration's incompetent foreign policy. According to The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, various anonymous officials referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... |